Publications

Higher education in the United States is at a critical juncture. While Americans’ confidence in higher education has recently increased after a decade of declines (Jones, 2025), institutions continue to face heightened scrutiny and a shifting governance landscape shaped by politicization, expanding state and federal action, and evolving expectations for institutional accountability. These pressures have […]

Community colleges play a vital role in expanding access to higher education, especially for students from historically underserved communities. Understanding how students navigate the transfer pathway from two-year to four-year institutions is essential for improving educational outcomes. This blog highlights findings from the National Student Clearinghouse’s Tracking Transfer report, comparing New Jersey’s community college students […]

The COVID-19 pandemic drastically disrupted K–12 education. School staff across the country were faced with the unprecedented task of delivering high-quality instruction amidst a global health crisis. In New Jersey, approximately 15% of K–12 public schools managed to improve proficiency rates in math and/or English language arts (ELA) on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment […]

The Promising Practices Project (PPP) is an important New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) initiative aimed at identifying and documenting innovative teaching and learning practices that have successfully accelerated learning in K-12 schools across New Jersey.